diff --git a/saspy/sasiohttp.py b/saspy/sasiohttp.py
index 8d10f03a..8ea6cf8e 100644
--- a/saspy/sasiohttp.py
+++ b/saspy/sasiohttp.py
@@ -393,10 +393,11 @@ def __init__(self, session, **kwargs):
                try:
                   fid = open(pwf, mode='r')
                   for line in fid:
-                     if line.startswith(pauthkey):
-                        puser  = line.partition(' user'    )[2].lstrip().partition(' ')[0].partition('\n')[0]
-                        ppw    = line.partition(' password')[2].lstrip().partition(' ')[0].partition('\n')[0]
-                        found  = True
+                     ls = line.split()
+                     if len(ls) == 5 and ls[0] == self.sascfg.authkey and ls[1] == 'user' and ls[3] == 'password':
+                        user  = ls[2]
+                        pw    = ls[4]
+                        found = True
                         break
                   fid.close()
                except OSError as e:
diff --git a/saspy/sasioiom.py b/saspy/sasioiom.py
index fe5dd533..7f94b509 100644
--- a/saspy/sasioiom.py
+++ b/saspy/sasioiom.py
@@ -358,10 +358,12 @@ def _startsas(self):
                try:
                   fid = open(pwf, mode='r')
                   for line in fid:
-                     if line.startswith(self.sascfg.authkey):
-                        user = line.partition(' user')[2].lstrip().partition(' ')[0].partition('\n')[0]
-                        pw   = line.partition(' password')[2].lstrip().partition(' ')[0].partition('\n')[0]
+                     ls = line.split()
+                     if len(ls) == 5 and ls[0] == self.sascfg.authkey and ls[1] == 'user' and ls[3] == 'password':
+                        user  = ls[2]
+                        pw    = ls[4]
                         found = True
+                        break
                   fid.close()
                except OSError as e:
                   logger.warning('Error trying to read authinfo file:'+pwf+'\n'+str(e))